Mike Klasco

Mike Klasco sat down with Matthew Leanse, co-founder of Singularity Industries, to hear about his R&D journey that led to the Paradox in-ear headphones. The challenges and motivations behind developing one of the first in-ears using MEMS microspeakers from xMEMS. A promising start for a new category that explores the full potential of piezoelectric MEMS microspeakers as a full-range, hi-fidelity solution.

Winding some wire into a coil should be simple enough and after a century of loudspeaker manufacturing, there shouldn’t be any new surprises. But voice coil materials, process control, and topology continue to evolve and here we discuss a half-dozen noteworthy new tricks.

Since 2020, Voice Coil and audioXpress magazines have tracked the development of the world's first high-performance, rare-earth-free permanent magnets, which are considered to be the biggest innovation in magnet technology in 40 years. Composed of abundant materials — Iron and Nitrogen — these magnets were developed from research at the University of Minnesota and are known commercially as Niron Magnetics’ Clean Earth Magnet technology. This breakthrough is a game-changer for the audio industry.